Yorkshire Water will begin ground investigations in Knaresborough next week as part of its £1.5 billion Yorkshire-wide programme to reduce discharges from combined storm overflows (CSOs).

The first annual Tideway Benefits Report shows storm overflows to the tidal Thames reduced by 86% ( based on modelled volumes) after its first year of operation compared to the pre-Tideway period.

Yorkshire Water is investing a total of £10.3 million in three separate storm overflow projects in Rotherham to protect the river Don.

United Utilities has announced a £5 million project in Birkenhead that will reduce spills from a storm overflow into the River Mersey by around 90% has reached the halfway stage, United Utilities has announced.

Northumbrian Water has started work on a £9.4 million investment in Pegswood, Northumberland, that will improve water quality, strengthen the resilience of the local wastewater network and help protect the environment for future generations.

Yorkshire Water has begun work on projects in the villages of Hebden and Malham in North Yorkshire to reduce the number and frequency of discharges from the sewer network into the River Wharfe and River Aire, respectively.

Yorkshire Water has begun five projects across North Yorkshire to reduce the number and frequency of storm overflow discharges.

Yorkshire Water has started work on one of seven storm overflow projects in the Sheffield area as part of its £1.5 billion investment to reduce the number of discharges into watercourses across the region.

The Environment Agency is pushing water companies to strengthen their efforts to improve the environment by tightening up the way it ranks and tracks their performance - from 2027, the EA’s annual Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) reporting will look different.

In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Steven Roberts, Principle data scientist & Hydrologist, KISTERS discusses why water quality monitoring is the next frontier for water utilities.